Can you do a complete animation set for a character. LIke Idle, walk, Run, Jump/Fall, Attack, Hurt and Die. It will be very interesting to see the process for each. Thanks for the tutorials. It is very helpful. :D
Thanks for this tutorial, again! You're for sure developing your own style, man! I like the character a lot and, despite you didn't do any "wind-on-robe" animation before, it turned out to become a very solid and nice animation!
great character! here's a little tip on your cloak animation, think about where the wind is blowing from and how the cloth will billow and "roll" a wave across the fabric, some pinching and squeezing of the edges on the inside as the end point of the cloth push out in the direction of the wind, it will quite literally create a wave. Hope that makes sense! cheers!
Your tutorials are the best, I´m learning a lot thanks to you! I wanted to comment in a recent video but I´m watching your older stuff... I kinda feel like I´ve travelled to the future to let you know this... nevermind...
I just recently discovered your channel while looking for pixel art tutorials for a game I'm going to be working on soon, and I really like your style it's so simple but so good looking.
How do you access the more advanced color picker in the gamemaker sprite editor? The color range I've been using is limited from not knowing that. Have to say, I've been avoiding these in favor of coding videos (what got me following you in the first place), as I'm no artist, but I'll definitely be watching more let's pixel videos looking for tips and for how the editor works.
You should continue on your Death Touch game. I think it could become something really cool, great concept! I downloaded it, beat it, and quite enjoyed it! I love your gamemaker programming videos and pixel art.
I'm pretty fluent with the Java language, what program do you think would be best to make games on in terms of 2D such as this? Thanks for your response in advance :p
Hey! For your RTS tutorials, Im up to episode 5, and I'm wondering if you ever cover zooming in/ zooming out. If you don't, is there a tutorial which can show me how to create this effect?? Thanks :D
So I really like your tutorials! but maybe you can help me-- when pixeling humans/people/creatures in particular I always try to apply anatomy to them in a way they end up ugly and big and just. the end product looks monstrous. any tips? I don't usually have issues making pixel art for anything else....
How is your pixelmonster game tutorial series coming up?! Another thing I'm really digging is the 3D mage game, do you plan on adding extra features... general things that could be applied to other game. A better AI system with multiple actions for different monsters and a "rewrite"/clean up of the spell system.. the last one (beam spell) kinda messed around with the way things were being programmed, an inventory system... but something more advanced.. multiple equipments.. arms, legs, armour, accessories... what do you think? this requests kinda go into another BIG thing I wanted to ask about that is GUI system... for displaying text with face graphics... and inline icons...and "9-patch" window system (rpg type). Keep up with the excellent work!! It is already part of my day, waking up, getting my work going and jumping into youtube for watching your videos (lets pixel/tutorials)!!
If you're going for 2D you're probably better off with gamemaker tbh. The pro-version is on Humble Bundle right now for whatever you want to pay for it.
Hey Ben! Your videos have helped me so much!! I have a quick question though, in GameMaker Studio how do I make a pixel art game and "blow up" the screen without the sprites getting blurry? Like, How can I keep my pixel sprites sharp and clean when using views?
+Skully ! I just worked around it. I think in the future I'll make pixel spirits at higher resolution to retain the old school vibe without sacrificing quality.
I assume you're using GameMaker, I've never used it but I use paint-dot-net to practice my Pixel-Art. I know resizing using the 'Nearest-Neighbour' blows-up my art perfectly, no blurring.
What tool (tools) are you using here to make that pixel kinda look? I been trying to find out since i saw this amazing character... ;D Tell me PLS!! Tanx...
jimmy nguyen You can use your email to register and get a license key. You don't need the full version for the stuff I do. The free version will work just great :)
the standard version (the free one) only would work on PC. from what I could understand from Pro version is that you can make it for Xbox and PlayStation platforms...
My friends and I are developing a platformer, and we ended up liking this character sprite. Can we recreate him for our game if we credit you in the description?
Suhail J. You will have to change him a bit because I'm actually using this character in one of my games. Thanks for the comments! You can use a similar character just change him enough that it looks a different. Good luck with your game!
Hey heart beast, i decided to support and buy your gamemaker book, but i've been having some problems. I clicked buy now and selected the amazon pay option. I signed in, selected card, etc. It redirected me to itch.io and it's stuck on Your payment is processing, this page will refresh automatically when the purchase is complete. Now i'm a bit nervous because i entered my credit card details and such. Please reply as soon as you can
Patrick Casella Hey Patrick, it doesn't look like the payment has come through on my end yet. I've had a few people tell me the amazon pay option on itch.io is a little fiddly. I'll keep an eye on it. It would probably be a good idea for you to check your bank account and make sure nothing has come out on your end as well. If you have any further issues or questions don't hesitate to email me at heartbeast.studios@gmail.com
Can you please do a top down building I mean really top down you can only see the roof and possibly the inside. I'm already working on these but I'm having trouble basically I got some crap sprites and it's working but not on the eyes. You can hover over the roof and look inside to see stuffs so yeah. Specific enough? Not be a jerk or anything I just wanted you to understand ;P
Hey man I'm super fixated with pixel art and if you could contact me somehow and maybe help me learn the basics of creating this stuff a bit more directly that would be really amazing
GrumpyPixel Thanks man! I really appreciate the extra that you paid even though you didn't have to. Keep an eye out for updates. I have a new update coming soon. :)
Can you do a complete animation set for a character. LIke Idle, walk, Run, Jump/Fall, Attack, Hurt and Die. It will be very interesting to see the process for each. Thanks for the tutorials. It is very helpful. :D
Thanks for this tutorial, again! You're for sure developing your own style, man! I like the character a lot and, despite you didn't do any "wind-on-robe" animation before, it turned out to become a very solid and nice animation!
you've come a long way.
I love your artstyle, just amazing !
great character! here's a little tip on your cloak animation, think about where the wind is blowing from and how the cloth will billow and "roll" a wave across the fabric, some pinching and squeezing of the edges on the inside as the end point of the cloth push out in the direction of the wind, it will quite literally create a wave. Hope that makes sense! cheers!
Eu sou do Brasil, não entendo nada do que você fala, mas mesmo assim aprendo muito com seus videos. Você é muito bom!!! continue assim
Ediomar Lucas Ruzycki Legal cara! Fico feliz que voce goste dos meus videos. Talvez, um dia, vou fazer um video em Portuguese :)
+HeartBeast With a Portuguese as good as this (it's good, really), you're halfway there :D:D:D:D:D
im very bad at pixel art, how do you know where to put shadows and folds?
Do you make all of your sprites in GameMaker Studio?
Your tutorials are the best, I´m learning a lot thanks to you!
I wanted to comment in a recent video but I´m watching your older stuff... I kinda feel like I´ve travelled to the future to let you know this... nevermind...
I just recently discovered your channel while looking for pixel art tutorials for a game I'm going to be working on soon, and I really like your style it's so simple but so good looking.
How do you access the more advanced color picker in the gamemaker sprite editor? The color range I've been using is limited from not knowing that. Have to say, I've been avoiding these in favor of coding videos (what got me following you in the first place), as I'm no artist, but I'll definitely be watching more let's pixel videos looking for tips and for how the editor works.
Glad to see your gonna put more work into the ludum dare entry. Can't wait to see where it goes
GrumpyPixel Thanks :D
This came out really ace (as usual) this one is probably gonna help me a lot. Thanks man.
This man is the Bob Ross of Gamemaker sprites
This channel is one of the best
Really liking this character. You should make it into a wallpaper for iPhone, Android, the computer - the whole shebang
***** Gald you like it :)
what do u think about pixel art characters with like a blackish outline instead of just the color
You should continue on your Death Touch game. I think it could become something really cool, great concept! I downloaded it, beat it, and quite enjoyed it! I love your gamemaker programming videos and pixel art.
Thanks so much! BTW I have a weird question. What is your backround?
its probably a bikini babe
Love your videos helps so much, can you do the running animation for this character
Thank you so much this is turned out so good!
Excellent work, I love your videos!
I'm pretty fluent with the Java language, what program do you think would be best to make games on in terms of 2D such as this? Thanks for your response in advance :p
Hey! For your RTS tutorials, Im up to episode 5, and I'm wondering if you ever cover zooming in/ zooming out. If you don't, is there a tutorial which can show me how to create this effect?? Thanks :D
Gawjus. You made that look easy. Nice job dude and, Thanks a lot for sharing.
Hi Ben, do you have the final animation of this character? I would like to see how its finally aminated with move (x,y) :))
Thank you for very nice idea.
Please can you record lets pixel
on basic character for RPG?
So I really like your tutorials! but maybe you can help me-- when pixeling humans/people/creatures in particular I always try to apply anatomy to them in a way they end up ugly and big and just. the end product looks monstrous. any tips? I don't usually have issues making pixel art for anything else....
you are awesome the pixel art you do is so cool and your gamemaker tutorials are awesome +1 subscriber
What resolution do you use to create the characters? And in which should I leave time to put any game maker?
Hi, i love your tutorials! :) and i want to start making pixel art and maybe with animation, what soft wares or programs are good for it?
Potato Neyd medibang, Kira, pixlr,
Absolutely amazing
How is your pixelmonster game tutorial series coming up?! Another thing I'm really digging is the 3D mage game, do you plan on adding extra features... general things that could be applied to other game. A better AI system with multiple actions for different monsters and a "rewrite"/clean up of the spell system.. the last one (beam spell) kinda messed around with the way things were being programmed, an inventory system... but something more advanced.. multiple equipments.. arms, legs, armour, accessories... what do you think? this requests kinda go into another BIG thing I wanted to ask about that is GUI system... for displaying text with face graphics... and inline icons...and "9-patch" window system (rpg type).
Keep up with the excellent work!! It is already part of my day, waking up, getting my work going and jumping into youtube for watching your videos (lets pixel/tutorials)!!
OMG ur playing Rivals of Aether?!!!!!!
one of the best game maker works
HOPE U MAKE A FULL TUTORIAL ON HOW TO MAKE "LIKE" THAT GAME.
Ben, you're the man!
Are u gonna make a series about this game ?
Why don't you use programs instead of the GM pixel editor?
how are you so well at animating?
I enjoyed this video, your voice is relaxing :)
how do you make the character the right size??
Sick tutorial. Definitely going to be useful.
Would you say aseprite is a good enough software choice?
Is this game maker 8.0 Lite
Looks great!
If i wanted to use a character that looked similar to the one in this tutorial would that be ok?
for the next one you should get a propper microphone or a decent audio recording... It sounds as you recorded with a really low sample freq
what did you use to make this?
If I can use it can you Link it to me?
Fantastic job, this is great!
very good animation
I'm thinking of doing a intro that would use Adobe animation, how would I put that into game maker? could I do it?
Where can i download this sprite?
Ben,sou do brasil e sou apaixonado por suas artes :)
Gostaria de saber qual programa usa para fazer as artes?
really cool! having some trouble making him run, the legs look so clumsy, any help?
Your vids make me want to be able to pixel so bad but I have a wrist injury and shouldn't do that
Ben, have you ever used Unity? Or game maker is the best that is 4 this kind of projects out there?
If you're going for 2D you're probably better off with gamemaker tbh. The pro-version is on Humble Bundle right now for whatever you want to pay for it.
Tks mate!
Hey Ben! Your videos have helped me so much!! I have a quick question though, in GameMaker Studio how do I make a pixel art game and "blow up" the screen without the sprites getting blurry? Like, How can I keep my pixel sprites sharp and clean when using views?
Google search (Game maker studio Nearest Neighbor)
Did you ever fix your problem ?
+Skully ! I just worked around it. I think in the future I'll make pixel spirits at higher resolution to retain the old school vibe without sacrificing quality.
I assume you're using GameMaker, I've never used it but I use paint-dot-net to practice my Pixel-Art. I know resizing using the 'Nearest-Neighbour' blows-up my art perfectly, no blurring.
Jeviie Do you not know what Nearest Neighbour is?
I really want to use this, every time try to somewhat replicate it, it doesn't work...
i would like to start recording and do speedarts, what recording software do you use
?
Only Verityy I use open broadcaster software
What tool (tools) are you using here to make that pixel kinda look? I been trying to find out since i saw this amazing character... ;D Tell me PLS!! Tanx...
MarioConsi68 I usually use a combination of GraphicsGale and GameMaker Studio.
oh!
is there any hope for me straying away from multiples of eight in terms of color choice?
Thanks, this really really really helped 👍
Awesome dude!
21:36 hahaha I love your honesty :D
thanks for the inspiration
are you still working on this?
pixel arting is simple but is hard to find something to draw
wtf "pixel arting"
I know u
it would be much better like that "pixeling arting"!!!
*****
The thing is that pixel rating is correct
rating? wut?
arting
Audio seemed a little wonky, but other than that, great video! Really helps me get inspiration for some of the sprites in my games.
is this from death touch?
Are you using a drawing tablet or just a mouse?
+chocalec He's using a mouse I presume because you can hear him clicking
keep it up! love your vids
How can I get game maker full for free? Do I need the full version to do the stuff you're doing?
jimmy nguyen You can use your email to register and get a license key. You don't need the full version for the stuff I do. The free version will work just great :)
the standard version (the free one) only would work on PC. from what I could understand from Pro version is that you can make it for Xbox and PlayStation platforms...
cant you put the file project?
My friends and I are developing a platformer, and we ended up liking this character sprite. Can we recreate him for our game if we credit you in the description?
Suhail J. You will have to change him a bit because I'm actually using this character in one of my games. Thanks for the comments! You can use a similar character just change him enough that it looks a different. Good luck with your game!
HeartBeast We took off his hood, made him float rather than walk, and gave him a design on his robe. Do you think that is enough (no sarcasm intended)
Suhail J. Hahaha yup :D
HeartBeast Alright thanks!
gamejolt.com/profile/gigo/860441
Thats our gamejolt page in case you want to check the art out for yourself.
Hey heart beast, i decided to support and buy your gamemaker book, but i've been having some problems. I clicked buy now and selected the amazon pay option. I signed in, selected card, etc. It redirected me to itch.io and it's stuck on Your payment is processing, this page will refresh automatically when the purchase is complete. Now i'm a bit nervous because i entered my credit card details and such. Please reply as soon as you can
Patrick Casella Hey Patrick, it doesn't look like the payment has come through on my end yet. I've had a few people tell me the amazon pay option on itch.io is a little fiddly. I'll keep an eye on it. It would probably be a good idea for you to check your bank account and make sure nothing has come out on your end as well. If you have any further issues or questions don't hesitate to email me at heartbeast.studios@gmail.com
Can you please do a top down building I mean really top down you can only see the roof and possibly the inside. I'm already working on these but I'm having trouble basically I got some crap sprites and it's working but not on the eyes. You can hover over the roof and look inside to see stuffs so yeah. Specific enough? Not be a jerk or anything I just wanted you to understand ;P
zeroyalbros So what you have is working but just not the hover over to look inside part?
HeartBeast No the hover is working but the sprites aren't working for me (aesthetically).
this is an old video but can someone tell me the program being used?
+Crafty323 Game Maker: Studio
hey, i need the base sprite for something...please?
+Ivan Razdrokin make one yourself dude dont be lazy
This reminds me of Journey :)
can you drop a download?
Hey man I'm super fixated with pixel art and if you could contact me somehow and maybe help me learn the basics of creating this stuff a bit more directly that would be really amazing
i'll buy your courses. you're good!
What program do you use to create you character
GameMaker Studio sprite editor
Does this remind anyone else of the Wayward Vagabond from Homestuck?
does this program cost money? if not could you give me the link please :c?
+Fangrust13 Aj Nah, its free and to download it, you will need Steam :3
+Fangrust13 Aj Here you go: www.yoyogames.com/studio and you don't need steam
JeX ty ^v^
i couldnt find this Tutorial in ur "Let's Pixel" playlist
Rafał Karp Hmmmm, maybe I forgot to put it there.
software name ?
When you made it all black it looked like Limbo!!!!
+mysticssj i thought that too
how TO copy image?
FIRST XD this was a great tutorial i love all your videos by the way can i use our code in a game?
Jonah Ryan never mind coments didnt load
What resolution was this done at
Joe Gillett I think it was 32x40
Thanks bro
+HeartBeast Actually it's 48x64... if you look at the bottom center'ish.
How can u implement this in the game so that if you make it bigger dont lose quality?
n falo inglês,mas se eu ver e rever o vídeo passo a passo,consigo fazer?
talvez, mas ele vai falando como fazer certo
i love this
what program did you made this
+Bob Bobi GameMaker Studio
But is there cake in the game yet? -mfzz99
can you do one on fnaf
Just picked up your book man for $30 Goodluck with all ur future projects
GrumpyPixel Thanks man! I really appreciate the extra that you paid even though you didn't have to. Keep an eye out for updates. I have a new update coming soon. :)
What program do you use?
Game Maker Studio
Are you going to make him walk?
PS: Love your videos
Luisdu Du Yes :) I already did.
what program did you made this?
+Lee Pitman He is doing this in the Sprite Editor of the Game Maker Studio (You press Create Sprite and then Edit Sprite)
Free or not? I'm guessing not
thanks :)
thanks, very useful.
What program is this?
+Matthew G. GameMaker Studio